Since the storm we've hosted ~25 chipping sparrows. Although we have a few pairs/families of "chippies" during the breeding season, they usually disappear in August/September, as they did this year. We have a flock of them now (a migrants flock?). One song sparrow also came to feed. We finally saw a red-breasted nuthatch here and are still waiting impatiently for pine siskins. . . . Helen Ostermiller Westfield Center Medina County ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]